[Vserver] bind9 in vserver

2006-06-11 Thread Eugen Leitl
Can I run BIND9 in a vserver? If yes, is there something I need to be aware of? (One of my nameservers died, so I'm considering virtualizing DNS). -- Eugen* Leitl http://leitl.org";>leitl http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver

2006-06-11 Thread jean-marc pouchoulon
Eugen Leitl a écrit : Can I run BIND9 in a vserver? If yes, is there something I need to be aware of? (One of my nameservers died, so I'm considering virtualizing DNS). Yes you can but you need to be aware of these capabilities CAP_MKNOD ( first launch on fedora , you can remove it afte

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver

2006-06-11 Thread Georges Toth
> Eugen Leitl a écrit : > > Can I run BIND9 in a vserver? If yes, is there something I > > need to be aware of? (One of my nameservers died, so I'm > > considering virtualizing DNS). > Or you have to compile bind with --disable-linux-caps --> MUCH better ! (security wise) -- regards, Georges

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver

2006-06-11 Thread Daniel Hokka Zakrisson
jean-marc pouchoulon wrote: Eugen Leitl a écrit : Can I run BIND9 in a vserver? If yes, is there something I need to be aware of? (One of my nameservers died, so I'm considering virtualizing DNS). Yes you can but you need to be aware of these capabilities CAP_MKNOD ( first launch on f

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver

2006-06-11 Thread jean-marc pouchoulon
Or you have to compile bind with --disable-linux-caps --> MUCH better ! (security wise) I'd like to know what is the security problem with CAP_SYS_RESSOURCE ? Herbert said "Currently the following Linux Capabilities are considered secure, if you add others to them, you will probabl

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver

2006-06-11 Thread Georges Toth
> I'd like to know what is the security problem with CAP_SYS_RESSOURCE ? > Herbert said > "Currently the following Linux Capabilities are considered secure, if > you add others to them, you will probably open some security hole." > > but what is the problem with override resource limits, quota, re

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver

2006-06-12 Thread Laurent Vallar - aka Val
On Sun,Jun,11,2006, Georges Toth wrote: > > > I'd like to know what is the security problem with CAP_SYS_RESSOURCE ? > > Herbert said > > "Currently the following Linux Capabilities are considered secure, if > > you add others to them, you will probably open some security hole." > > [...] > [...]

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver

2006-06-12 Thread Herbert Poetzl
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 01:46:03PM +0200, jean-marc pouchoulon wrote: > Eugen Leitl a écrit : > >Can I run BIND9 in a vserver? If yes, is there something I > >need to be aware of? (One of my nameservers died, so I'm > >considering virtualizing DNS). > > > > > > > > Yes you can but you need to

[Vserver] bind9 in vserver (new...)

2004-02-12 Thread Viorel Anghel
My first post here and i would like to thank to all the developers for their terrific work. Now, my problem. Short story: kernel 2.4.24, vserver 1.26 (no other patches). bind9 with nocapset (Paul Sladen's debian packages), running inside a vserver. doesn't answer to udp requests, but works with tc

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver (new...)

2004-02-12 Thread Christian Mayrhuber
Viorel Anghel wrote: My first post here and i would like to thank to all the developers for their terrific work. Now, my problem. Short story: kernel 2.4.24, vserver 1.26 (no other patches). bind9 with nocapset (Paul Sladen's debian packages), running inside a vserver. doesn't answer to udp request

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver (new...)

2004-02-12 Thread Alex Lyashkov
On Thursday 12 February 2004 13:58, Christian Mayrhuber wrote: > Viorel Anghel wrote: > > My first post here and i would like to thank to all the developers for > > their terrific work. > > > > Now, my problem. Short story: kernel 2.4.24, vserver 1.26 (no other > > patches). bind9 with nocapset (Pa

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver (new...)

2004-02-12 Thread Floris van Gog
BIND9 does not even need CAP_SYS_RESOURCE. It is running in a vserver here (1.2x) without problems with S_CAP="" in the config file. Why grant it things it does not need? Alex Lyashkov wrote: On Thursday 12 February 2004 13:58, Christian Mayrhuber wrote: Viorel Anghel wrote: My first post her

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver (new...)

2004-02-12 Thread Viorel Anghel
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 01:25:42PM +0100, Floris van Gog wrote: > BIND9 does not even need CAP_SYS_RESOURCE. It is running in a vserver > here (1.2x) without problems with S_CAP="" in the config file. which 1.2x exactly? > Why grant it things it does not need? > > > Alex Lyashkov wrote: > > >

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver (new...)

2004-02-12 Thread Floris van Gog
This is a server running 1.22. Viorel Anghel wrote: On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 01:25:42PM +0100, Floris van Gog wrote: BIND9 does not even need CAP_SYS_RESOURCE. It is running in a vserver here (1.2x) without problems with S_CAP="" in the config file. which 1.2x exactly? Why grant it things it

Re: [Vserver] bind9 in vserver (new...)

2004-02-12 Thread Christian Mayrhuber
Floris van Gog wrote: BIND9 does not even need CAP_SYS_RESOURCE. It is running in a vserver here (1.2x) without problems with S_CAP="" in the config file. Why grant it things it does not need? Standard bind9 on debian does not even start without CAP_SYS_RESOURCE. That's why there are packages fro